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This weeks featured Limericks are by .
. . Edward Lear

Old Man with a gongThere was an Old Man
with a gong,
Who bumped at it all day long;
But they called out, 'O law!
You're a horrid old bore!'
So they smashed that Old Man with a gong.

Young Person of Smyrna

There was a Young Person of Smyrna,Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;But she seized on the cat,And said, 'Granny, burn that!You incongruous Old Woman of Smyrna!'

Old Man on a hill

There was an Old Man on a hill,Who seldom, if ever, stood still;He ran up and down,In his Grandmother's gown,Which adorned that Old Man on a hill.

Young Lady whose bonnet

There was a Young Lady whose bonnet,Came untied when the birds sate upon it;But she said: 'I don't care!All the birds in the airAre welcome to sit on my bonnet!'